10/31/2023 0 Comments Damned tv show cast![]() Missed opportunityįor me there was a missed opportunity to find genuine warmth in the situations the characters found themselves in. When I found humour, it was in the familiarity of seeing the character ‘Al’ dressed like me and hearing the word ‘quorate’ (a term I’ve only ever heard used in child protection conferences) on the telly. Watching it with a group of non-social workers, not one person laughed and their attention soon drifted from the screen to their mobile phones. Sadly, the first episode of this show veered on the crass side by relying on swearing, unprofessional behaviours and inept workers to get a laugh from the audience. When it comes to social work humour there’s a fine line between crass and clever. How disappointing it was to then see her character use the term ‘balls deep’ in conversation with a client, flippantly discuss her past use of Class-A drugs in the office and act in a terribly unprofessional manner during a home visit that reeked of collusion. Brand, whose mum is a social worker, talked the show up in her promotional interviews by sharing her worries about child protection professionals being demonised in the press. The pedigree was there with a cast of familiar faces including Jo Brand and Alan Davies. After years of being caricatured as ‘child catchers’ in the soaps, I was looking forward to a comedy portrayal that took the genuine gallows humour in our profession and used it in a positive way. Hamilton praised Palsson’s vision for the film, saying: “His vision for the film put chills up our spines from the start, and we can’t wait for audiences to see how he and his fiercely talented cast brought this elevated and smart take on the genre to life.As the show opened with the familiar social work hubbub of constantly ringing telephones I was hopeful that we were about to see a fair representation of child protection on British television. ![]() ![]() “The Icelandic landscape is a part of the haunted soul of this film and shooting in the depths of winter in the West Fjords provided physical and creative challenges, and each of those challenges could not have been overcome without the support of our fantastic partners,” said the producers of “The Damned.” “We are so excited to get this film into the world.” Protagonist Pictures executive produced the picture with chief commercial officer George Hamilton and chief operations officer James Pugh serving as executive producers alongside Luane Gauer. Global Screen Fund financed by the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI. ![]() The film has received support from Screen Ireland, Wallimage, and the U.K. Co-producers include Iceland’s Join Motion Pictures and Belgium’s Wrong Men. “The Damned” is produced by Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl for Elation Pictures, John Keville and Conor Barry for Wild Atlantic Pictures and Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, and Nate Kamiya for Ley Line Entertainment. The company will be sharing exclusive footage with buyers at Cannes. Protagonist Pictures, who arranged financing for the film, is handling worldwide sales, with co-representation of U.S. As they face the consequences of their decision and are tormented by guilt, the inhabitants begin to believe they are being punished for their choices. Eva and her crew must decide whether to rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. “ The Damned” tells the story of Eva, a 19th-century widow who faces a difficult decision when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post in the middle of an especially cruel winter. The script was written by Jamie Hannigan and is based on a story by Palsson (“The Valhalla Murders”). Newly revealed cast for the psychological horror film includes Joe Cole (“Gangs of London”), Siobhan Finneran (“Happy Valley”), Rory McCann (“Game of Thrones”), Turlough Convery (“Killing Eve”), Lewis Gribben (“Somewhere Boy”), Francis Magee (“The Tourist”), Mícheál Óg Lane (“The Guard”) and Andrean Sigurgeirsson (“A Song Called Hate”). Director Thordur Palsson has wrapped principal photography in Iceland on “The Damned,” starring Odessa Young.
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